Legacy is a format that finds room for every type of player. While there are powerful decks that form guideposts to the expectations for the metagame, there’s ample room to bring interesting choices players love.

Take for example the Day 2 metagame breakdown from Grand Prix Seattle-Tacoma:

Archetype

Count

% Day 2

Shardless Sultai

30

13.7%

Jeskai Miracles

21

9.6%

Sultai Delver

17

7.8%

Death and Taxes

15

6.8%

Elves

12

5.5%

Grixis Delver

12

5.5%

Temur Delver

12

5.5%

Lands

11

5.0%

Ad Nauseam Tendrils

10

4.6%

Burn

10

4.6%

Reanimator

10

4.6%

Sneak and Show

9

4.1%

Infect

6

2.7%

Jund

6

2.7%

Merfolk

6

2.7%

Jeskai Stoneblade

5

2.3%

Esper Stoneblade

4

1.8%

Dredge

3

1.4%

Imperial Painter

3

1.4%

Blue-Red Delver

2

0.9%

Esper Mentor

2

0.9%

Food Chain

2

0.9%

12 Post

1

0.5%

Abzan

1

0.5%

Aggro Loam

1

0.5%

Aluren

1

0.5%

Black-Red Burn

1

0.5%

Blue-Red Burn

1

0.5%

Dragon Prison

1

0.5%

Four-Color Delver

1

0.5%

Goblin Prison

1

0.5%

Hypergenesis

1

0.5%

Oops! (All Spells)

1

0.5%

TOTAL

219

100.0%

Even rolling things up doesn’t consolidate things much:

Archetype

Count

% Day 2

Delver (All Types)

42

19.2%

Shardless Sultai

30

13.7%

Jeskai Miracles

21

9.6%

Death and Taxes

15

6.8%

Burn (All Types)

12

5.5%

Elves

12

5.5%

Lands

11

5.0%

Ad Nauseam Tendrils

10

4.6%

Reanimator

10

4.6%

Sneak and Show

9

4.1%

Stoneblade (All Types)

9

4.1%

All Others

38

17.4%

TOTAL

219

100.0%

While the potency of Miracles – the Jeskai version now defining all the Miracles archetype overall – was the talk of the town in a post-Dig Through Time Legacy world, it was Delver of Secrets and Shardless Agent that have returned in spades.

Miracles of course had made a splash, presenting Counterbalance-meets-Sensei's Divining Top throughout the day as well. Close behind included Death and Taxes, Burn, Elves, Lands and Ad NauseamTendrils, all staples that never seemed to truly dwindle at large Legacy events.